Game



J. CHEFKO Dec. 9', 1924.

GAME

Filed Dec. 5, 192g qm lmnil Suva-tor Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES P ATENT OFFICE/.4,

assrenoa r0 HELEN cnnrxo, or scan. 1:. Y.

GAME.

Application filed December 5, 1922. Serial No. 605,025.

specifically to a novel means for retaining the pieces in the position to which they are adjusted. v

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particlgjrly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the game is played.

' on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a detail axial vertical sectional view of one of the ieces, indicating it in position on the game ard.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken For the playing of my game I provide a gameboard 10 of square outline and which a top representing the fold and being surrounded at top and sides by any marking such as 16 to represent the wall of'the fold, the lower side being open to the pasture. Each arm of the playing field comprises a square, there being in consequence five squares in the playing field, the. u per square forming the ol Extending ong the square boundaries in shallow vertical grooves 18 and hormontcl grooves 19, while are situated at the stations throughout the -whicl1 is formed with an elongated interior awingsv is a plan showing a novel gameboard, on which my improved the different squares are further divided by the median vertical grooves 20 and horizontal grooves 21, and by the diagonal grooves 22. These grooves represent paths leading to the fold and the junction points thereof represent stations at which the various pieces are located. The pieces employed are of two sorts, representin respectively foxes (or wolves) and lam s (or sheep). Of the former, indicated at F, there are only two, and of the latter indicated at L,-there are twenty. The foxes are situated at stations at the corners of the fold, while the lambs pasture. I

In playing thegame I utilize pieces of the detail construc-tlon shown in Figs. 2 and i). As thereishown the piece comprises a main body 25 in the form of a disk and recess 26. Carried for vertical adjustment in this disk is a pin 27 which projects downward through a suitable aperture in the bottomof the recess. -The upper end-of this pin is formed with a diminished neck 28 engaged by the ends of a pair of levers 29 fulcrumed between their ends as at 30 in the. recess 26. The opposite ends of these levers are engaged by the lower ends of a pair of studs 31 which project upwardly through suitable apertures in thetop of the disk and have a circular plate 32 fixed on their'upper ends, this plate having the representation of the appro riate animal. on the upper face thereof. coiled expansion spring 33 bears downwardly on the pin 27, while flanges 34 on the'studs 31 limit the u ward movement thereof. The pin 27 is 0 oval cross sectional shape, the aperture in the disk through which it projects being of like shape, and gameboard is formed at proper points on the playing field with sockets 36 of similar shape to the pins but of slightly larger diameter. If it is desired to lock the pieces in their stations on the board, as when the layers are leaving the ame temporarily fore the latter is fini ed, the pieces may be turned around until the pins assume the positions shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3

causing the pins to bind in the sockets and thus lock the pieces in place.

The object of the game is to get as many of the lambs from their stations in the field into the fold as the latter will hold. The lambs must move along the'paths"formed a i y Letters Patent of the United follows:

by the grooves and if any of the lambs gets on a station ad'acent a fox, with a vacant station immediately behind, the fox will pass to such station, the lamb being removed from the board; Since there are more lambs than the fold can contain it is obvious that one of the features of the game will be the sacrificing of certain of the lambs so as to lure the foxes to one side. In the event that one of the foxes fails to take a lamb which could be taken, this fox is removed and remains oil the board until the other fox has captured alamb, when it is replaced. In moving the pieces the plates 32 are depressed and the pieces moved along the grooves to the desired station, when the plate 32 is released.

The gameboard may be formed in two parts hinged together along the dotted line 40, the playing field being preferably arranged on the board so that this line will not intersect.- any of the stations on the latter.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by States. is as 1. In combination, a gameboard formed with a series of sockets, and a playing piece comprising'a hollow body, and a pin carried by said body, and adapted to engage in any of said sockets or be drawn up into the said having a pin'movable therein and ,2. In combination, a gameboard formed w1th a series of sockets, and a playin piece afiapted to engage in any of said sockets or be drawn up into the body of the piece, and a member movably mounted above the body of the iece and o rative connections between t e said mem r and the pin adapted to. cause said pin to be raised upon depression of said member.

3. Incombination, a gameboard formed with a seriesof sockets, and a pla piece having a pin movable therein 'and zifiapted to engage in any of said sockets or be drawn up into the body of the piece, and a member movably mounted above the body of the piece, operative connections between said member and the pin ada ted to cause said pin to be' raised upon epression of said member, and a spring normally holding the said pin in lowered position.

' 4. gamepiece comprising a disk-like body formed with a recess, a in movable vertically in said body to be pro ected therebelow or be raised therein, a pair of levers fulcrumed in said body and engagin said pin to'raise the latter, a pair of stu s engaged with said levers and pro'ecting upward from the said body, and a plate mounted on the upper ends of said studs.

5. A gamepiece' comprising a' disk-like body formed with a recess, a pin movable vertically in said body to be pro ected therebelow or be raised therein, a pair of levers fulcrumed in said. body and engagin said pin to raise the latter-,a pair of stu engaged with said levers and pr 'ecting upward from the said body, and a p ate mounted on the upper ends of said studs, and an expansion spring engaged with said pin and urginlgnthe same downward.

comblnation, a gameboard formed with a series of sockets, and a playing piece having a pin movable therein and a apted to engage in any of said sockets or be drawn up into the body of the iece, said pin being 0 oval cross section an said sockets being of complementary shape whereby said pm may be frictionally locked in any of said soc ets by a partial rotation of the pin.

In testimony whereof I have afixed my si tune.

gm JOSEPH CHEFKO. 

